The Sun. — London, England, 1808-02-24 00:00:00

NAV.AL°I4.EN, • From the LONDON GAZETTE Feb. 2i. • Admiralty Office, Feb.,.23,=1808. • •-1 COP • r ' Jayqf a Letter from Admiral Montagu; Cominanler In Chief of his Majesty's Ships ,and. . 1 1 , ssiAls` at Portsniouth and Spithead, to .thr kh>n• Jr' 11' Pole, dated on board the Royal lVilliairl, at 'Spit head, the 20th, instant. Stn.—ilk pleased to lay before the Lords•Com rnittsiouers of the Admiralty the inclosH Letter from Lieutenant Perdrieau, commanding !his :Majesty's Gan-brig Hardy, stating the capturc.of lit Revois French Lugger Privateer.' 1 have.the honour to be, &c. (Sigped) GEO. MONTAGU. locii pi, Hu Majesty's Gun-brig Hardy, ofLittle Hampton, Feb. 1„h, 1808: . .. , S IR -I beg l eave t o acqua i nt y ou , 'th a t a t e i g ht o 'clock this morning, Beachy Head bearing E.' by N. about five leagues, I diiicovered a Lugger dose in 1111 Ore; and made sail in chace of het. Shortly after observed a Revenue Cutter also in chace, astern of ils and from her superior sailing came up with her first. Two other Cutters joined in the chace. , At ten minutes past eleven she struck, and proved to beta Revoti, Captain Friesmanton, mounting t 6 guns, from two to six-pounders, and forty-eight nun; left Dieppe on the 1 sat instant, and had made no capture. - • I have the honour to be, Sze., To "G (Signed) STEPH. PERDRIEAU. ' eor ( ge Montagu .E 5.1. Admiral of the While, e...4c.&c.&c. PLYMOUTH,. FEB. 22.--Arrived the Virginia Fri,- gtite, from Ireland. Sailed the Plover Sloop of War, with three Swedish Vessels and several Coasters, under convoy, for Liverpool. Sailed the Shannon Frigate and Rose Sloop of War tsn a cruize to the Westward. •VALMOUTH, FEB. 2 I.—Arrived His Maieiti's Sloop of War Stork, from a. cruize ; JOlti Tar, frem ifayak, with hides, , tallow, &c.; Jo/lu i 1 74 Mary, RICHABD39I4, from Shields ; and the 43rothers, Pudtcy, from London. • Sailed His Majesty's Ship dinie/ope,.oflooplls, Capt. GALWAY, Primrose Erig, of 1 8 guni, Capt.. %trldoitY, and Milbroole Schooner, of 16 guns, tient. LEACH, with 65 Sail of Transports nndi.f . ' tonvoy, for the Mediterranean, having ; on board about 12,000 troops under the command of Gen. SPENCER. Also sailed His Majesty's Gun-brig bispetch, on a cruize; Pelle,. Gun-brig 'for Cork Ivith a Fleet under convoy ; and Ann &Tu.. , and Salerno, Pusi.tps, for Gibraltar. The Duke of Kent Packet, which was intended to have sailed this day for Barbadoes ) is detained further orders. ri...offrea • 1 1 ELI G (A. A 7.411 WI • 1 • • --A•Ttie Rhine, Captain . 4 A, from Hull, which had landed 150 bales of g ( x ) ( 1 s, having suffered much in her anchors and ca bles in the gale ) left here with the remainder of her Cargo, for fear of being driven on shore: Captdin I'LA intended to return to Uull• ~: ~ i tlEat, FEB. Sailed His Allijesty'i Ships S'kp lark and Oberon on a cruise.. On Friday morning, at Et At. Head bearing S. W. 10 or 12 miles, theA4iiing vessel Brotherly Love, of Scarborough, MAR' ILA") Master, was boarded by a French Cutter ur a„ teer of 6 guns. The fishermen having caught 41/ ush,' the Privateer left them to chase a loaded Brig ) , name unknoWn, which she came up 'Wit h , captured, and sent away an Easterly course. The Privateer was seen to give chace to moretVes- Ws; which it is feared she would capture. CHATHAM) Fan. 16.—Wedimsday morning, se veral of the Serjeants of the Brigade of Guards, quartered in the Barracks at this place, went to Up , 'tor) for the purpose of deciding some wagers, by *rin g at a target, when the gun used by one o f them S , ut HAARISON, taeerat e d unfortunately burst, and his arm in so dre a dful a manner that he was under 111.0 necessity of submitting to immediate amputation. : ‘ r e%terd 81 1 , 31 . e a Y morning the-body of a man floated on a mos t the back - of the Chest of Arms Tavern, !u state • est dreadful part of lh the legs, thighs, and lower ` l . 4 e body have ' been either tern or eat away, antl . the liutte black tight arm is wanting, the rest of the body is apparently with bruises, and ,there were • teed ° cley about it, eteepe a kin," of handkerchief, ~o round his neck. It is conjectured that the uu,, fortunate man has been either jammed between . two vessels, or blown up with gun :possider. Sunday night a'Soldier of the Gtards, who was Posted as a sent i nel in the Dick Yard, accidentally mvr.QPPed his tirelock on the ground : the violence of t 'e Shock caus e d t h e lock to s p r i ng, t h oug h on l y o n h e half cock, w h en the picce went off, `and shot ° V.nearly the half of one of his feet. l l °Routts OF COUNCIL.—The Bill now beforetlA, 011ie °f Commons, as amended in the ConiMitt9o., ,„.` iir e 6l B--That goods warehou se d, ta k en out on pay- , • "'Olt of home ditties, are to be liable to slut ies clot- Withstanding the drawbacl:s. Vessels sailing before limited in Orders of Council,. are allowed to v rc) rsmed without payment of duty, Goods impiirted 4,hder licence, dated before _1 ith November, and. vleared out And before the periods specified in the A&,, Arenousod .for exportati o n, are exempt from 4 . 1 9 1 Y. Goods imported under licence from St. spo-' since the It th N ov ember, only are charge-, that upon exporta t i on with a duty of utie...balf tit upon do gut: e charzeable,With p ds of the ciew,rit iduton. Prize ot.,tis 1 1„ e xtort b. 's 14 . DUE 0'1" kEI& kensitigton Palace, Feb,24, 402. tittlt.-tol VESEY IS cr;nmanded by His Ro3 al Highness the Duke of KENT to reqUest the insertion of the following Paragraph in your Paper of this evening. To the E o ItOa of Til Although the Duke of KENT flattei-s, himself , that the Officers of the British Army with whornhe has had the good fortune of serving in the Medi terranean, America,` And the. \Vest Indies, ; will do hiti the justice to believe, that his absence tiom Gibraltar at this time, when that Fortress is mena ced by a formidable attack of the Enemy, .is not owing to any backwardness on his part to repair to that station to which his duty calls him, or for want of his using his utinOst exertions to be allow e'd to resume the a&ual command of your Govern ipent, he feels, that be owes it to his own charac ter no les. as a man, than as a soldier, to make known' to them, nud to the whole artuy, and to his countrymen in general, the terms in which be felt it' hiS duty to address his Majesty upon this sub je&, immediately upon the arrival of the last ac counts from Gibraltar, and trusts that when these have been perused, he shall stand acquitted in the opinion of his brothei - Odicers, of the Army, and of his Countrymen,' of having been deficient in his duty. " Sja, The letters received by the 11.1:111 just arrived froth the Mediterraneati, having brought the cer tain information that orders had reached Algeziras from Madrid, immediately to make such prepara tions in the neighbourhood of Gibral►ar as put be yond doubt the intention of the Enemy to besiege it, I could not, under such circumstances, recon cile it to my feelings were I to delay a moment in not only assuring, your Majesty of my readiness instantly to go out there, but in earnestly solicit►ng your sanaion for my resuming the duties attached to the Commission I have the honour of holding as Goveruur or that Fortress. " To your Majesty, who yourself possess so nice a sense a honour, it is quite unnecessary for me to represent, that on the result of your deci sion upon this request, which I beg leave in the most dutiful, yet in 'the strongest manner to press upon your attention, every thing most dear to me in life, I mean my character as a .man, and my professional credit as a soldier, are :at stake. — I will not therefore presume to say more, than that I place ikon in your Majesty's hands, .with no less confidence in your justice as my Sovereign, than in your indulgence as my parent. ",With every sentiment of the most devoted at tachment, and the most dutiful respect, I have the honour to subscribe myselt, "Your Majesty's most affeetionate Son, " And most faithful Servant and Subjeta, (Signed) "EnwAan." " To the King." The Duke of KENT conceives that it would be 'superfluous to add any observat.i.as upon the fore goirtg lines, except that he is not going out.to . Gib raltar, that being a sufficient explanation of the result of his application ) and his sole motive of intruding the perusal of them upon eon public a t . this time being that of clearing his own charaeliT from tlre aspersions that mat tmajoidahly attach to , it in consequence of his absence from his Govern ment 'at such a inument as the priisent one, were it conceived to be voluntary on his part, or that he had been passive On'the occasion. TRIAL Or GENERA WIIITP.LOCK.k. 7 ",NINETEE MTH DAY.—The Judge Advocate, it the sitting of the Court, was proceeding to examine Major-General Gowtnt on.solue part of his evidence of yesterdy, respecting the causes which prevented frequent or confidential communications bet ween him and Ge neral WILIITLACKE, when the latter obje6ted . to the question being put, on the grounds of 'irrelevancy, upon which the Court. was clatired about twenty •minntes, the objettion over-ruled, and theroceed resnmed. After a f;:w questions upon • this point, General Gowot was cross-examined by General WHITE iocKr, and afterwards queitioned by' the Conn, — His evidence closed about one o'clock, when"Briga dier-General Sir SAMUEL AUCHMUTY was called and examined. He continued his narrative of the ape.' Mims of the Army from the night of the 4th July to the signing the Treaty with the Spanish General. His details of the Battle were peculiarly interesting. The= Judge _Advocate was proceeding to examine Mitt' in chief, when the Court adjourned at three olcloch. • ,11 ;The Argyle-Rooms opened for the season on Monday last, before a very numerous • audience, among whom were the Dukes of CAMBRIDGE and Sussax:—Signor MIARTIWI appeared for the first thue in this Country. He is a Bqfto Singer, with a strong voice of considerable cotnpaas. He and his .wife sung a comic Duet, which 'Was much applaud ed, and he also, sung a Duet with Mrs. BILLINGTON, which way; very well received.: Wittcasum. led, awl the Orchestra was well supplied. This Insti .totion may he Coasidered as a formidable rival to the `OiNi-a House, se tar as the higher orders are con- Cernled, as it is of course mach more select than a public theatre. L Mks, iNPANT soar of EDWARD JER- 11341, By Ma. lERNINankm. Co, infant Spirit, to the iteJlins above, `taste the full bliss of thy Creator's love v Beneath his smite with forms Cherubic play' t)u the bright sunbeams of eternal clay'. FROM TILE FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, FRB. io.—Tbc Privateer the Roder+, HURET, hag 'carried into Dieppe a three-mast ed Vessel, - called the Mercury, of New York, of 206 tons burden, Captain TtrOhAS WATSON, on its voyage from Teneria to Haniburgh, laden with 200 tons of Canary soda, and 50 ditto of Spanish wine. We do not know whether she will be de clared good and lawful prize, being an American ; but the formalities required by the late Decrees -of his Imperial Majesty will be enforced, in order to ascertain whether this neutral has been visited by the English, or taken shelter in one of their ports. BERLIN, JAN. plan for the new organ ization of the Prussian army is entirely finished. There will be a~ general conscription entirely new. The army will he entirely composed of natives; in consequence, all foreigners, whether officers, .stlialterns, or soldiers, will be , iistnissed. The num bes o Generals will be diminished ; the regiments will only haVe Colonels. There will be only two Captains oft he S tail' of each reg - imen t ;"*.the Quarter- Masters and Almoners will .be suppressed ; there will he Almoners only in time.oltvar. The troops of the regirneiits doing' duty will . clioge their gar rison every year. •_ = COPENiIAGEN, JAN. .26.—The Prince Royal expetied here, on his- return from Kiel, within fortnight. The Minister-of State, Count BERN'. STORFF,i3 still here; and - on account of the-import ance of the events which may be expected to take place, he will continue to reside at Copenha„o•en with the nine Royal, as also with the Trench Minister, M. DIDELOT. The Chevalier ME YN RAS, Minister from Hol land; M. DE - Cms4g, Minister from Prussia; the Baron DE RENDHIi, Minister from Austria ; and all the rest of the Diplomatic Corps, are still at Kiel ; as is alsp - JOAC I 'Xi BERNSTOIUT t Direaor of Foreign Afthirs, and brother to the Minister of State. ALTONA, JAN. 28.---The Prince Royal having ordered that a Committee shall be appointed, in this City, for the establishment of a corps of armed citi zens, this Committee has. presented to his Royal Highness a plan, which the Prince has approved, according to which this corps will consist of eight companies of Wu men each, without recgoning the Officers. SEMLIN, JAN. 15.—The Servian Senate, holding. its sittings at Belg►ade, has adopted, in its sitting of the 2d of this month, the first snide of the Ptojet of "Constitution, proposed by the Counsellor of State Report:mat , : ; it relates to the sale of lands and houses. The thtee articles, containing the division of Ser via into distri&s, the establishment of custom-houses on the frontiers on the side of Austria b and the means of making industry and commerce flourish, have been adjourned to the neat sitting. On the 4th and sth the Senate was occupied sole ly in the nomination of the Members of the Tribu nals in the towns, and the J ustices in the villages. WARSAW, JAN. 20.-.-BiS Majesty the King of Saxony wishing to give to the Poles, who have (hi. tinguished tlfemselves by their bravery and pa triotic devotion, some public inarks of his esteem and satisfadion, has resolved, in a Decree' late ly published, that there shall be founded a tary order of the Duchy of Warsaw. The de corations of this order will; in consequence of the regulations enaaed in this Decree, be distributed among the military in the following Manner;--- The Cross of Commandant to the Generals of Division, and that of Knight to the Generals of Brigade, Colonels and Majors; there shall be given to each division six officer's crosses, and three gold crosses, to be distributed among the Staff Officers of the Division and the Brigades which compose it. Eacb regiment shall have tour Knight's crosses, four gpld crosses, and stX silver, to bestow on Military merit and good condo& Each battalion shall in like manner have tWo Knight's crosses, two gold and three silver crosses. There shall be placed, at the disposal of the Mi nister at War, six Knight's crosses, 'and six gold crosses, for the Officers who do not serve' in any corps, nor appertain to any staff. STPPIIRN KANIBLE has bought a piece of ground at Greenock, on which he is going to ereol a new Theatre. • Report speaks more favourably of Mr. COI4DELLIS to the new Farce of the Illidow's Choice, than of any of his former produelions, highly as they have raised his charaaer as a composer. Mrs. Sinniro is now performing at Hull, and has other prrivincial engagements to fulfil before site concludes the season at Covent-Garden Theatre, It is said that Miss SMITH is in treaty with the Managers of Drury Lane Theatre; for next season. Thc.: LOUD CUANCELLOIt seems to have entered upon the - management of the Opera HOuse, as 'he has requested the Trustees to come forward in their proper characciers so that Messrs. CoNs?, LowT EN , and PALMER, will and it necessary to aZ the parts of serious men, in that sphere of Discord. It is said that General MortitAtt, whom we some time ago stated .to have left New-York, had gone to the Floridas for the purpose of taking possession of those territories in the name of the French Emperor. It was added, that the Rochefort Squadron was understood' to be destined to that part of America, having been fitted out to support General MoaeAv in the execution of this design. The great improvements made at Snow-hill and Temple-bar cannot fail of claiming the notice and support of the Citizens of London. Tile Houses, when inhabited, will have an elegant appearance, being situated in a central part of the City: Holt Ns- B,lr and Co. entertain not the sinalle4 doubt but the rents will considerably increase so soon as the Lot tery is decided. The building tire' Substantially ereSted, well finished, arid the value of each Hou , :e not over-rafed. Tickets and Shares are selling by lIORNERY and Co. 26, Cornhill, 42, Charing-cross, and St. Margaret's-hi)), ...13orni%11. SLID ILIILEY. . . .„. Yesterday ten prisoners were feted, aye of whom were convi&ed of felony. Same. day the Sessions ended; when sentence of Death was on Edward Westbrook, for stealing goods value 401: in a dwelling-hott,e--Frederick Poinian, for stealing liank-uote. in , a tiwelling-houße--Charleo Pibkever, fora highway robbery--William - Walker,' for' a like offence---Ann Holton, alias Mayfair, .for`, stealing Banic. 7 itotes and money, value Gal. and up , wards, in a dwelling-house--Eaward Tobin and Ed ward Hickey, for stealing goods, value ea end upwards, in a dwelling-house--Mary Fletcher, for stealing 21. 15q. privily from the person—Catha rine Jennings, for uttertng,,a counterfeit shilling, and having before been convicted •of being a common utterer. When Ann Holton, alias Mayfair, was, in com mon with the other female convias, asked if she had any thing to urge as a reason for her execution being .stayed, she pleaded that she was quick with child. A Jury of MatrOns being theretfron iinpanneled, they •tithdrew along With the Prisoner to another :room, and, after a short consultation, returned their opinion, that the Prisoner Wai: . with child, but not quick. ,The :Prisoner Was then ordered be re , tnanded for execution. One was o,i-tiered to :be transported for 14 years, viz. John Peak-, for having forged notes in. his pos seision,. knowing them to. be,so. Nineteen were ordered to be transported .for seveh years, viz. Spsannah C4ter, William Morgan, lio bert. Kynie, Henry Sas, Daniel' Walker, John Rinde, Benjamin Thornhill; Thomas linbinsorl i Francis Aldridgti, William Hunt, Sarah Childs,Wil liam,Miles, John 'Ward, Samuel Corg , m, 'John LOCK, John Murphy, Sarah Crawford, William gulies, Benjamin Foggart, alias Froggatt. Seven were ordered to be imprisoned in the House • of Correalion, at Clerkenwell, for twelve calendar 111()11(hs.---Seventeen wert.N ordered to,be imprisoned in the same Gaol for six calendar months.--Ten were ordered to be imprisoned in Newgate for va.• rious periOds,--Ten to . be privately and three pub licly whipped '3u were discharged by pro' clamation. CLONMEL, FED. number of riotous per- , Ms assuming the appellation of : Shanavests, were committed on the sth lust, to the. County gaol, for divers outrages on the peaceable inhabitanrs • in the neighbourhood. The.,Fair. of Miillough, near this town, which took place on Friday, was to have ex hibited a display of 'that outrage • which has of late frequently disgraced this Country. .51r.. GRACE, ,a Magistrate of the county, being apprised of the in tention, took a party of the army to the place, and etteClually prevented any disturbance. , On the first appearance of the military, several hundreds, who were lurking armed, awaiting .the . preparation for battle, in the orchards, and under the shelter of the hedges, near the Fair place, slunk of in every (tired i on. . LIMERM.K, FEB. se'nnight, about' 20 armed men attacked .the house of atm) Coy.. MN, a farmer at Rathjordan, in this county, arid feloniously took off his daughter, a girl about 113 years of &age ; it is supposed that the man named Thomas Fleming, who headed the party, for whom she was taken otf, had never before seen her, but believed her father would have given her it good fortune. The girl was not re-taken on Thursday last, though strict search has been made forthe of fenders. tANGOR,'Fr.a. 18.—Last Thursday evening, - at seven o'clock, commenced one of the Most violent storms of snow acid wind ever known in this Coun try our efforts must fail to attempt to describe it ; and whilst, the painful task of relating the attendant Calamities devolves to us, we sincerely pariieionte in the grief we have witnessed' in the surviving ,friends of the unfortunate suPrers. All communi cation was entirely stopped in every quarter of the country.: the snows In places, .drifted upwards of 12 feet' high, so that in many parts the hedges of the roads were imperceptible. Much anxiety was occasioned here fer,the fate of the Shrewsbury coaoh;'which passed through a short time before the. storm commenced ; but we are happy to say ,the passengers tool: refuge in a house near Ogwen Pool, where they remained all night, and the next morning arrived safe at Carpel Cerrig.—A poor old .woman, who conveyed the letter-bag from Beau maris to Gentlemens' houses in the neighbourhood, not having since that night returned, is supposes to have perished in the snow—A ruin, carrying shell-tish to Amlwich, WAS found dead near Red Wharf Sands.—The 'Sloop Ate:tante, Sohn Jones, `master, of this port, struck on the rocky near Pen mon ; the man who accompanied him, of the hatchways ped i oars, and escaped'; t;, , e Master refused to eummit himself to tiit".lV3yeS, urg ing, that, "' if' he died there, his body woold trek sure to be found."—On the following mortitug he was discovered lifeless, suspended by one toot front the railings, having, it is SuppoAed, fell from above, overpowered by the intensity of the cold. He has lefty young widow and two children. On Moo day his body was interred here, and a number .of his messinates attended, bearing the fkgs of the dill.' ferent Ships in' the port, followed by a groupe melancholy and weeping friends. rridAy morning as Mr. Front, an inhabitant' of Burinam, .was no I tie top of, a load of wood, making a porchas With a waggon rope to secure the safety of its curriag . e, it snapped asunder, %rh ho fell to the, ground upon his head, and was kiiled upon the spot. An Inynest was held before J. StistmuNs, at the Fleni de 4ceicteittol tk. CouN EXCIIAYGE, FEB. 24. th This y's supply of Wheat is snort, and last pi.icts a,-e f u ll y main tained i Barley iu tolerable supply, and l o Ner ; M.lt likewise; White l'else full as hip . .. 6; but very few small old Beaus; an:l Ticks are cheaper; Oats are in 'ennsiderablequantit4..s, anti vary but little in price; Rape See4'iiiiarce.; and Heir without.va t i a ti on . 'W Hen .i 46s A. 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